SL.  NO.  | 
            AWARDEES  | 
            NAME  OF THE AWARD  | 
            AWARDING  AGENCY  | 
            YEAR  | 
          
          
            1  | 
            Executives  of WRI  | 
            NRDC  award  | 
            NRDC  | 
            1980,  1986,1987  | 
          
          
            2  | 
            Executives  of WRI  | 
            IT Mirchandani Memorial Research Award  | 
            Indian  Institute
                of Welding   | 
            1980-1990  | 
          
          
            3  | 
            Executives  of WRI  | 
            HD Govindaraj Memorial Research Award  | 
            Indian  Institute
                of Welding  | 
            1981,1984,
              1985,1986                  | 
          
          
            4  | 
            Dr. K.P.Dhandapani 
              Dr. G.Buvanashekaran 
              Mr. K.Narayanaswamy   | 
            Modi Award 90  for development of mechanised
              TIG welding System
              
                           
              | 
            Indian Institute of Welding
               
             | 
            1991  | 
          
          
            5  | 
            Mr.  K.L.Rohira 
              Dr. A.Raja
               
             | 
            KCP  award 90 for surfacing techniques  | 
            Indian  Institute of Welding
               
             | 
            1991  | 
          
          
            6  | 
            Dr.  S.Manoharan 
              Dr. A.Raja 
              Mr. K.L.Rohira
               
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             | Modi  Award 90  for  Evaluation  of welding power sources  | 
            Indian  Institute of Welding
               
            | 
            1991  | 
          
          
            7  | 
            Dr. K.P.Dhandapani 
              Dr.G.Buvanashekaran 
              Mr. K.Narayanaswamy
               
             | 
            NRDC  meritorious invention  award for development of welding flux   | 
            NRDC  | 
            1992  | 
          
          
            8  | 
            Mr. S.Suresh 
              Dr. V.P.Raghupathy
               
             | 
              H D Govindaraj Memorial Award 91 For distortion control Analysis   | 
            Indian  Institute of Welding
               
             | 
            1992  | 
          
          
            9  | 
            Dr. G.Ravichandran  | 
            Young  Engineers Award  | 
            Central  Board  of Irrigation  and  Power
               
            | 
            1992  | 
          
          
            10  | 
            Dr. A.Raja 
              Mr. A.Shanmugam 
              Mr. S.S.Ananthan 
              Mr. K.L.Rohira
               
            | 
            Modi  Award  92  for  Development  of Rotary Arc MIG welding  | 
            Indian  Institute of Welding
               
            | 
            1993  | 
          
          
            11  | 
            Mr. R.S.Babu  | 
            KCP award 93 for case Studies on repair welding  
              | 
            Indian  Institute of Welding
               
            | 
            1993  | 
          
          
            12  | 
            Dr. G.Venkataraman  | 
            Best  paper  award  for non - destructive metallographic evaluation of serviced components  | 
            Indian  Society for 
              Non-Destructive 
              Testing
               
             | 
            1993  | 
          
          
            13  | 
            Mr. K.L.Rohira 
              Mr. A.Shanmugam 
              Dr. S.Manoharan 
              Dr. A.Raja 
              Mr. A.Logithasan 
              Dr. M.Brezeau                | 
              Modi  Award  93  for  Development  of  Electro-Gas Welding machine  | 
            Indian  Institute of Welding
               
             | 
            1994  | 
          
          
            14  | 
            Mr. M.K.Manappulli   | 
            State  ShramVir award for Indigenous development of powder feeder unit for LASER welding  equipment
                           
             | 
            Government  of Tamil nadu
               
            | 
             1994  | 
          
          
            15  | 
            WRI   | 
            Safety  awards  | 
            Central  Labour Institute,  Bombay 
              Ministry  of labour Government of India
            
              | 
            1994  | 
          
          
            16  | 
            Dr. K.Asokkumar 
              Dr. K.G.K  Murti 
              Dr. S.Manoharan 
              Mr. V.R.Samuel  | 
            Modi Award  94 for Development of PC based weld monitoring system  for  flash butt welding of  economizer tubes  | 
            Indian  Institute  of Welding  | 
            1995  | 
          
          
            17  | 
            Dr. G.Venkataraman  | 
            Life  Fellowship  | 
            Indian  Institute  of Metals  | 
            1995  | 
          
          
            18  | 
            Dr. G.Venkataraman  | 
            ASM  awards – 16 Nos  | 
            American  Society Of Metals(ASM)  | 
            1993,1994, 1995  | 
          
          
            19  | 
            Dr. G.Venkataraman  | 
            TANSA  Award  for Metallurgical Engineering Research  | 
            Tamil  Nadu State Council  for Science and Technology  | 
            1990-2000  | 
          
          
            20  | 
            Dr. G.Venkataraman  | 
            NDT Award  | 
            Indian  Society for 
              Non-Destructive Testing  | 
            1995  | 
          
          
            21  | 
            Dr. G.Venkataraman  | 
            International metallographic  award for life estimation of boilers  | 
            ASM International  | 
            1998  | 
          
          
            22  | 
            WRI  executives  | 
            Best  paper  | 
            National  Welding Conference by IWC  | 
            1999  | 
          
          
            23  | 
            Dr. G.Venkataraman  | 
            Honourable  mentionprize  For  Field  Metallographic Replicas on Crept components inLife  estimation  | 
            American  Society Of Metals(ASM)  | 
            2000  | 
          
          
            24  | 
            Mr. N.Rajasekaran  | 
            Best  paper award for ‘Business excellence through value addition’  | 
            INSAAN TamilNadu Chapter  | 
            2001  | 
          
          
            25  | 
            Mr. N.Rajasekaran 
              Mrs. A.Santhakumari  | 
            Best  paper  award  for Employee involvement for Business excellence’  | 
            INSAAN TamilNadu Chapter  | 
            2002  | 
          
          
            26  | 
            Dr. V.Anbazhagan  | 
            Best  paper  award  for Improvement  of toughness in ferritic steel welds  | 
            AWS  – National 
              Symposium  of Research scholars  | 
            2002  | 
          
          
            27  | 
            Dr. R.Nagalakshmi  | 
            First  prize  in  NMD-ATM2005 Metallography contest  | 
            IIT  Madras  | 
            2005  | 
          
          
            28  | 
            Mr. A.Rathinam  | 
            Uyarntha Uzhaippalar Virudhu  | 
            Govt.  of Tamil Nadu  | 
            2005  | 
          
          
            29  | 
            Mr. N.Rajasekaran, 
              Mrs. A.Santhakumari  | 
            Second  best  paper  award  for Value  creation  through participation  | 
            INSAAN  Tamil Nadu Chapter  | 
            2006  | 
          
          
            30  | 
            Dr. R.Nagalakshmi  | 
            ASM  International  Awardin Metallographic contest  | 
            ASM  International  | 
            2005, 2006  | 
          
          
            31  | 
            Mr.  M.Ramakrishnan 
              Mr. M.Soundarrajan 
              Mr. R.Kaliaperumal  | 
            Vishwarkarma Rashtriya Puraskar  Class “C”Award  | 
            Govt.of India  | 
            2007  | 
          
          
            32  | 
            Dr. R.Nagalakshmi  | 
            Honorable  mention  in  Class  9  of  the  International Metallographic Contest  | 
            ASM  International  | 
            2008  | 
          
          
            33  | 
            Mr. V.Thyagarajan  | 
            Dr. G  V Memorial Award  | 
            Indian  Institute  of  Metals  | 
            2009  | 
          
          
            34  | 
            Dr. A.Raja  | 
            Membership  of Central Boilers Board  | 
            Membership  of   
              CentralBoilers Board  | 
            2009  | 
          
          
            35  | 
            Mr. M.Ramakrishnan  | 
            Merit  award for technical paper  | 
            INSSAN  National  Convention  | 
            2011  | 
          
          
            36  | 
            Dr. R.Nagalakshmi  | 
            Award  for publication  “Fracture toughness  of  modified P91 weldment”  | 
            21st  National Meet of 
              Women's  Forum in Public Sector  | 
            2011  | 
          
          
            37  | 
            Dr. N.Raju 
              Dr. S.Suresh  | 
            SOJOM  Flash Forge award for best technical paper  | 
            International Symposium  on 
              Joiningof  Materials,SOJOM 2012  | 
            2012  | 
          
          
            38  | 
            Dr. A.Raja  | 
            Ador Fontech  SOJOM Plenary Award  | 
            International Symposium  on 
              Joiningof  Materials,SOJOM 2012  | 
            2012  | 
          
          
            39  | 
            Dr. G.Ravichandran  | 
            Honavar  SOJOM Plenary Award  | 
            International Symposium  on 
              Joiningof  Materials,SOJOM  2012  | 
            2012  | 
          
          
            40  | 
            Mr. N.Dhanasekaran  | 
            Betz  SOJOM PlenaryAward  | 
            International  Symposium  on 
              Joiningof  Materials,SOJOM  2012  | 
            2012  | 
          
          
            41  | 
            Dr. S.Suresh  | 
            Dr. GV  Memorial Award  | 
            IIM  | 
            2012  | 
          
          
            42  | 
            Dr. G.Bhuvanshekaran 
              Dr. A.Raja  | 
            Plenary  Award  | 
            IWS  | 
            2012  | 
          
          
            43  | 
            Dr. N.  Raju            | 
            Eutectic  Award    | 
            Indian  Institute of Welding   | 
            2002  | 
          
          
            44  | 
            Dr. G  Ravichandran 
              Dr. N. Raju 
             Mr. M  Ramkishore  | 
            PratibaddhataPuraskar    | 
            BHEL  Excel Award  | 
            2012  | 
          
          
            45  | 
            Dr. G. Ravichandran  | 
            Reappointed as Vice-Chair of“ASME B31.1 
              International Working Group – India” for a term  effective from July 2013 to June 2016  | 
            ASME  | 
            2013  | 
          
          
            46  | 
            Shri.P.Shanmugasundaram 
              Shri.S. Kannan 
              Shri.L. Siva 
              Shri.R. Prasath  | 
            VishwakarmaRashtriyaPuraskar  - 2011  | 
            Govt.  of India  | 
            2013  | 
          
          
            47  | 
            Dr. A.  Raja  | 
            Dr. SK Majumdar Award  | 
            IWS  | 
            2013  |